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Exodus 15

New International Reader’s Version



1 Here is the song that Moses and the people of Israel sang to the LORD. They said, ‘I will sing to the LORD. He is greatly honoured. He has thrown Pharaoh’s horses and chariot drivers into the Red Sea. 2 The LORD gives me strength and protects me. He has saved me. He is my God, I will praise him. He is my father’s God, and I will honour him. 3 The LORD goes into battle. The LORD is his name. 4 He has thrown Pharaoh’s chariots and army into the Red Sea. Pharaoh’s best officers drowned in the sea. 5 The deep waters covered them. They sank to the bottom like a stone. 6 ‘LORD, your right hand was majestic and powerful. LORD, your right hand destroyed your enemies. 7 Because of your great majesty, you threw down those who opposed you. Your burning anger blazed out. It burned them up like straw. 8 The powerful blast from your nose piled up the waters. The rushing waters stood firm like a wall. The deep waters stood up in the middle of the sea. 9 ‘Your enemies boasted, “We will chase Israel and will catch them. We’ll divide up what we take from them. We’ll eat them alive. We’ll pull our swords out. Our powerful hands will destroy them.” 10 But you blew with your breath. The Red Sea covered your enemies. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 ‘LORD, who among the gods is like you? Who is like you? You are majestic and holy. Your glory fills me with wonder. You do amazing things. 12 You reach out your right hand. The earth swallows up your enemies. 13 ‘Because your love is faithful, you will lead the people you have set free. Because you are so strong, you will guide them to the holy place where you live. 14 The nations will hear about it and tremble. Pain and suffering will take hold of the Philistines. 15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified. The leaders of Moab will tremble with fear. The people of Canaan will melt away. 16 Fear and terror will fall on them. Your powerful arm will make them as still as a stone. Then your people will pass by, LORD. Then the people you created will pass by. 17 You will bring them in. You will plant them on the mountain you gave them. LORD, you have made that place your home. Lord, your hands have made your holy place secure. 18 ‘The LORD rules for ever and ever.’ 19 Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the Red Sea. The LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the people of Israel walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Aaron’s sister Miriam was a prophet. She took a tambourine in her hand. All the women followed her. They played tambourines and danced. 21 Miriam sang to them, ‘Sing to the LORD. He is greatly honoured. He has thrown Pharaoh’s horses and chariot drivers into the Red Sea.’ 



22 Then Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they travelled in the desert. They didn’t find any water there. 23 When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink its water. It was bitter. That’s why the place is named Marah. 24 The people told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, ‘What are we supposed to drink?’ 25 Then Moses cried out to the LORD. The LORD showed him a stick. Moses threw it into the water. The water became fit to drink. There the LORD gave a ruling and instruction for the people. And there he tested them. 26 He said, ‘I am the LORD your God. Listen carefully to me. Do what is right in my eyes. Pay attention to my commands. Obey all my rules. If you do, I will not send on you any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians. I am the LORD who heals you.’ 27 The people came to Elim. It had 12 springs and 70 palm trees. They camped there near the water. 

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Exodus 15

English Standard Version



1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider[1] he has thrown into the sea. (Ex 15:21; Jud 5:1; 2Sa 22:1; Ps 106:12) 2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. (Ex 3:6; Ex 3:15; De 10:21; 2Sa 22:47; Ps 18:1; Ps 18:46; Ps 34:3; Ps 59:17; Ps 99:5; Ps 99:9; Ps 109:1; Ps 118:14; Ps 118:28; Ps 140:7; Ps 145:1; Isa 12:2; Isa 25:1; Hab 3:18) 3 The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name. (Ex 3:15; Ex 6:3; Ps 24:8; Ps 83:18; Isa 42:8; Mal 3:6; Re 19:11) 4 “Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. (Ex 14:7; Ex 14:28) 5 The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. (Ex 14:28; Ex 15:10; Ne 9:11) 6 Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. (Ex 15:12; Ps 2:9; Ps 118:15; Isa 51:9; Re 2:27) 7 In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble. (De 33:26; Isa 5:24; Isa 47:14; Mal 4:1) 8 At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. (Ex 14:21; Jos 3:16; 2Sa 22:16; Job 4:9; Ps 18:15; Ps 78:13; Hab 3:10; 2Th 2:8) 9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’ (Ge 49:27; Ex 14:9; Jud 5:30; Isa 53:12; Lu 11:22) 10 You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. (Ex 14:21; Ex 14:28; Ex 15:5; Isa 11:15; Isa 40:24) 11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? (De 3:24; 1Sa 2:2; 2Sa 7:22; 1Ki 8:23; 2Ch 6:14; Ps 77:14; Isa 6:3; Jer 10:6; Re 4:8) 12 You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. (Ex 15:6) 13 “You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. (Ps 77:15; Ps 77:20; Ps 78:54) 14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. (Nu 14:14; De 2:25; Jos 2:9; Jos 9:24) 15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. (Nu 22:3; De 2:4; Jos 2:9; Jos 2:11; Jos 2:24; Jos 5:1) 16 Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O Lord, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased. (De 2:25; De 11:25; 1Sa 25:37; Ps 74:2; 1Pe 2:9) 17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. (Ps 44:2; Ps 78:54; Ps 80:8; Ps 132:13; Jer 32:41) 18 The Lord will reign forever and ever.” (Ps 10:16; Ps 29:10; Ps 45:6; Ps 146:10; Re 11:15) 19 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. (Ex 14:23; Ex 14:28) 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. (Ex 2:4; Nu 26:59; Jud 4:4; Jud 11:34; 1Sa 18:6; 2Ki 22:14; Ne 6:14; Ps 68:25; Ps 149:3; Ps 150:4; Mic 6:4; Lu 2:36) 21 And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” (Ex 15:1) 



22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. (Ge 16:7; Ge 25:18; 1Sa 15:7) 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.[2] (Ru 1:20) 24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” (Ex 16:2; Ex 17:3) 25 And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,[3] and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord[4] made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, (Ex 14:10; Ex 16:4; Ex 17:4; De 8:2; De 8:16; Jud 2:22; Jud 3:1; Jud 3:4; 2Ki 2:21; 2Ki 4:41; Ps 66:10) 26 saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.” (Ex 23:25; Le 26:3; De 7:12; De 28:27; De 28:60; Ps 103:3; Ps 147:3; Ho 6:1) 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water. (Nu 33:9) 

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